In this movie, we are going to be adding or creating a little bit of a…diffusion effect. So what we are going to do is merge all the underlying layers…to the topmost layer. We are going to do that by way of shortcut. Now this is…one of those valuable shortcuts you just have to know. It's…Shift+Option+Command+E on a Mac. Again, on a Mac, Shift+option+Command+E, then…on a PC, it's Shift+Alt+Ctrl+E. Now we are going to go and name this layer Blur.…Now one of the things we are going to do here is apply some Gaussian Blur than…use a blend mode. So we could have of course, go to our filter pulldown menu,…Blur and then Gaussian Blur, and we go ahead and dial and lets say some blur.…

Click OK, and then select my blend mode. Yet the problem with that is I never…really know if applied enough blur or not. Now here, you can start to see a…little bit of the effect. Pretty interesting!…Well, let's undo that. Command+Option+Z on a Mac, Ctrl+Alt+Z on a PC, and click…that multiple times to take this back to normal. So rather than applying the…

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1/16/2009

Working with color can be an amazing journey, and in Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Creative Color, Brooks Institute of Photography professor Chris Orwig teaches a different way to create great color in photographs. Chris goes beyond the basics by showing how color can have a profound effect on a photograph's impact. He demonstrates adjusting color and tone to make images more vivid, changing colors, working with color saturation, cross processing, and more. The course culminates with real-world projects that utilize the techniques Chris has shown for creating intriguing and beautiful color photographs. Exercise files accompany the course.